Guidance

UIPA

• FAQs: Basic Q&A on access to government records
  
  
• Disclosure of personnel records (pdf)
  (revised, effective September 7, 2011)
  
  
• Disclosure of agency records and information to auditors (pdf)
  
  
• Waiver of fees in the public interest (pdf)
  
  
• UIPA Guide:
  • Open Records: Guide to Hawaii's Uniform Information Practices Act
    (pdf, print in landscape) - June 2011
  • Open Records: Guide to Hawaii's Uniform Information Practices Act COVER PAGE
    (pdf) - June 2011
    
• OIP's Informal Guide to Processing Large or Complex UIPA Record Requests (January 18, 2012)
  

SUNSHINE LAW

Guide to the Sunshine Law:

• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for State and County Boards
  (pdf, print in landscape) - October 2011
• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for State and County Boards COVER PAGE
  (pdf) - October 2011
  

• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for Neighborhood Boards
  (pdf, print in landscape) - October 2011
• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for Neighborhood Boards COVER PAGE
  (pdf) - October 2011
  
  
  

  Agenda Guidance for Sunshine Law Boards (pdf) - November 2011

This guidance is intended to provide boards with a model for crafting a good, informative agenda for meetings.

Public Meeting Notice Checklist (rev September 2008):

• Notice Checklist (MS Word)
• Notice Checklist (pdf)

Request for OIP's Concurrence for a Limited Meeting (pdf) - August 2008

 

To view training videos and training guides related to the open meetings and open records laws, follow this link.